Timeline of women hazzans: Difference between revisions

* 1990: The [[Cantors Assembly]], an international professional organization of cantors associated with Conservative Judaism, began allowing women to join.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/09/19/nyregion/a-bar-to-women-as-cantors-is-lifted.html | work=The New York Times | first=Ari L. | last=Goldman | title=A Bar to Women as Cantors Is Lifted | date=September 19, 1990}}</ref>

* 1993: [[Leslie Friedlander]] became the first female cantor ordained by the Academy for Jewish Religion (New York).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pageturnpro.com/Publications/201207/1586/41477/pdf/129864956681988750_ChutzSummer2012.pdf |title=Hazzans Hit The High Notes:The Rise In Women Cantors |publisher=pageturnpro.com, Chutzpah magazine, Summer 2012, pg. 57 |accessdate=August 23, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019124710/http://www.pageturnpro.com/Publications/201207/1586/41477/pdf/129864956681988750_ChutzSummer2012.pdf |archivedate=October 19, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ajrsem.org/2011/04/pre-ordination-benefit-concert-at-merkin-hall/|title=Pre-Ordination Benefit Concert at Merkin Hall on May 11|date=April 7, 2011|website=ajrsem.org|accessdate=August 23, 2013}}</ref>

[[File:Cantor Angela Warnick Buchdahl (8575188810) (cropped).jpg|thumb|180px|Rabbi [[Angela Warnick Buchdahl]]]]

* 1999: [[Angela Warnick Buchdahl]], born in South Korea, became the first [[Asian American|Asian-American]] person to be ordained as a cantor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.auburnseminary.org/auburnnews/%E2%80%9Ctroublemaker%E2%80%9D-women-honored-receive-ivy-0 |title="Troublemaker" Women Honored, Receive Ivy &#124; auburn |publisher=Auburnseminary.org |date=2009-08-22 |accessdate=2012-02-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725023419/http://www.auburnseminary.org/auburnnews/%E2%80%9Ctroublemaker%E2%80%9D-women-honored-receive-ivy-0 |archivedate=2011-07-25 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jwa.org/thisweek/may/16/1999/angela-warnick-buchdahl/ |title=This Week in History - Angela Warnick Buchdahl invested as first Asian-American cantor &#124; Jewish Women's Archive |publisher=Jwa.org |date=1999-05-16 |accessdate=2012-02-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/135589/women-s-history-month--unique-rabbi-cantor-follows-her-own-melody|title=Women's History Month: Unique Rabbi-Cantor Follows Her Own Melody|publisher=ny1.com|date=March 15, 2011|accessdate=August 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/finding-your-roots/profiles/angela-buchdahl/|title=Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr.; Angela Warnick Buchdahl|website=www.pbs.org|accessdate=August 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jewishtimesasia.org/one-to-one-topmenu-45/angela-warnick-buchdahl |title=Cantor Angela Warnick Buchdahl - the face of the modern Jew |publisher=Jewishtimesasia.org |date=September 2008 |accessdate=2012-02-09}}</ref><ref name="OURCLERGY">[http://www.centralsynagogue.org/index.php/about_central/our_clergy/buchdahl/ "Our Clergy: Angela Warnick Buchdahl, Senior Cantor"], Central Synagogue Web site</ref><ref name="forward.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.forward.com/articles/129451/ |title=The Sisterhood 50 – |publisher=Forward.com |date=published July 21, 2010, issue of July 30, 2010|accessdate=2012-02-09}}</ref>